Plant Carum carvi (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-CARVONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE	2	Seed	9000.0	55760.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE	2	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-DIHYDROCARVEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARVONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
1-P-MENTHENE-6-AN-OL	0	Seed	50.0	155.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticholinesterase?	1	L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticirrhotic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	4	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticystitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	8	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *